XIA-XIA Giveaway #1!

In a couple of weeks we will be having a slumber party. Our guests of honor will be the XIA-XIA pets! My daughter was so excited that we get to review them! I let her play with one early so we could figure them all out and these little crabs are DARLING! Rumour is, that the XIA-XIA's are going to be the hot new toy this Christmas! It doesn't seem to be one of those toys she plays with and tosses aside, she really plays with it ALL the time.

The Xia Xia pets crabs, pronounced Sha Sha pets are set to be the most popular toy of the year. Already there has been a massive amount of interest in Xia Xia hermit crabs with many retailers building up a huge inventory of these little pet crabs in the anticipated rush.

FROM THE SITE: They either sell out entirely or as stock gets low they become excessively expensive. See the Xia Xia Pets Store for more information and to buy from our recommended supplier.

We love these little Xia Xia hermit crabs for sale at a (currently) low price so we don’t want anyone to miss out

To start the week out right, I'm going to give one of the XIA-XIA's away a little early!

Random winner will be picked by randomizer on 11-11-12. This giveaway is for the blue crab.

Ways To Enter (add a comment for each entry you've made):

1. comment on this post and tell me who you'd give your xia-xia to :)

2. Follow this blog

3. Follow I SEE AMAZING on Facebook.

4. Follow I SEE AMAZING on Twitter.

5. Follow XIA-XIA pets on Facebook.

Lots of ways to enter! If you don't win this time around I will be doing a larger one after the slumber party. I want to see which ones they love the most!

Winner announced 11-11-12 via Facebook!

UPDATE: THE WINNER IS HEIDI!! Congratulations!
If you'd like to try again for your chance to win more Xia-Xia, stay tuned!

My Secret Obsession - PICK YOUR PLUM

Each morning, I roll out of bed, get my daughter off to school and then I run to my laptop.

Wait, it's not weird yet.

Then I go to this one site....and I push refresh OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

I see the new beautiful craft they have to offer for the day and my mind goes CRAZY thinking about all of the wonderful things I will make!! Tiny clothespins?? They will look darling holding up an advent item! Wooden tags?? I can paint them and give them out in Christmas cards!!

My husband has come to terms with the fact that he can't talk to me until after I've scored the loot. I'm like a crazy woman...I just DON'T WANNA MISS OUT!!

If you're the crafty type...the 'I can make that!' and never come out of hobby lobby empty handed, you must check the site out!

Here is just a small example of the booty I have received from there. You can get customized ribbon, custom vinyl, diy earrings, bookmarks, chalkboard, the site really offers a lot of variation.

The 'catch' to this site is that the product is only available for the day (m-f). And there are a LOT more people like me that just can't get enough, so the product goes FAST! A lot of the time everything goes in a couple of hours. If you need to be reminded when they stock you can join their facebook page. Let 'em know I sent ya.....but don't tell your husband it was me!

Want even more craftiness? VeryJane.com and GroopDealz.com also offer crafty goods for a short amount of time at a discounted price. These sites are great for customized gifts also.

Enjoy!

No Halloween at the Halls...

Every year when October rolls around my stomach gets a little queasy. We do not celebrate Halloween. In the small town I live in, you'd think it was the biggest sin ever. In a world that is becoming more accepting of everything, you'd think that people could care less wether I dress my child up and get loads of candy. But it seems that it bothers them. A LOT.

I just don't like it. For my own reasons. Perhaps if the holiday were more pink, like Valentine's day, I would be a little more into it. But I'm not. Each year my kids have told their classmates that they do not 'do' Halloween and each year they are made fun of because of it. When the class parties come around I will let my daughter skip school and we will go shopping or just have a mom/daughter day. Our town is so small that we never have trick-or-treaters so we just hang out and watch a movie. My 9 year old is just not in to candy...she'd rather have an apple or a mango instead of a candy bar anyway....I'd love the candy but I certainly do not need the temptation in the house. My 17 year old daughter does what she wants regarding Halloween, and that's okay. She didn't go trick-or-treating a single time, and besides the kids being down-right mean, I think she's gonna live.

It has been my experience in the past 17 years, that some people refuse to just let it go. Some like to try to humiliate me in front of others by asking me why I don't celebrate in front of others. Mostly I feel sorry for my daughter when this happens. I just don't think I should have to justify myself.  Never have I seen a child get harrased so much over such a ridiculous thing. Can a person just live life, and if my life doesn't COPY theirs, does it have to be such a big deal?? Should I ask them why they don't go to the gym, or why they don't make whiffle every Christmas like I DO???

I've never talked about it before or explained it to anyone....so what better than a public blog to just let it all out. I'm not hurting anyone, my daughter will NOT suffer because she didn't get a pumpkin full of candy and life will still go on.....

Out of the Box Sampler goodness

Next month I am going to be a sponsor for Out of the box sampler. If you haven't heard of of this, you are in for a TREAT! Each box is chock full of great samples from businesses all over the internet. Soaps, lotions, candles, jewelry...you just never know what you are going to get! It really feels like Christmas each time a new box arrives!

For the November box I made 100 jersey headbands. Each was cut out of recycled t-shirts and I even screenprinted a lot of them. (I still have a blister on my thumb from all that cutting!)

I will post on the facebook page as soon as the boxes are released. The Oct. boxes are available now if you want to see what it's all about!

Don't want to wait until next month to try out one of these cute but very useful bands out? I've stocked some in the 'ol shop!